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Historic Sites of Manitoba: United Grain Growers Grain Elevator / Private Grain Elevator (144 Front Street, Melita)
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Agents / Buyers | Photos & Coordinates | Sources
A wooden grain elevator on Front Street in Melita was built in 1956 by United Grain Growers. An annex was added in 1965 and the complex was renovated in 1979.
Agents / Buyers
Period
Agent / Buyer
1914-1917
Edward Deacon
1917-1918
T. S. Menary
1918-1923
George Woods
1923
Norman Saunders Fitch
1924-1925
Theodore Dennison
1925-1927
Robert G. “Bob” Henderson
1927-1934
George H. Rutherford
1934-1935
Elevator closed due to poor crops
1935-1950
William Thomas Freeman (1906-1977)
1950-1953
Gordon E. McLean
1953-1969
?
1969-1979
James L. “Jim” Vassart
1979-1984
Kelly A. Wells
Photos & Coordinates
Former United Grain Growers grain elevator at Melita (August 2014)
Source: Jean McManus
Aerial view of the former United Grain Growers grain elevator at Melita (September 2020)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.26839, W100.99218
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Pool Grain Elevator / Private Grain Elevator (81 Front Street, Melita)
Sources:
United Grain Growers Fonds, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
We thank George Penner for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 28 December 2020
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